Dericorys albidula Serville, 1838
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Dericorys albidula Serville, 1838: 639 . — Tlili et al. 2019a: 387.
TYPE SPECIMEN. — Egypt • ♀; lectotype (Tlili et al. 2019a); Desert of the Sinaï; MNHN .
DISTRIBUTION. — This species is well-known from Central Asia to North Africa (Tlili et al. 2019a).
DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Tozeur, Gouifla, Degache (Tlili et al. 2019a).
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Egypt • 1 ♀; lectotype; Sinaï, 1833, D. Bové; MNHN-EO-CAELIF163 .
Tunisia • 1 ♂; Tozeur, Gouifla; 02.VI.2016; H. Tlili; MNHN-EO-CAELIF 4715 • 1 ♀; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4716 • 1 ♀; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7068 • 1 ♂; same data; INAT • 1 ♂; same data; 23.V.2017; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7067 • immature; same data; 28.IV.2016; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7069 • immature; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7070 • immature; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7071 • 3♂, 4, ♀; Tozeur, Degache; 26.VI.2017; H. Tlili; INAT .
NEW DATA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Tozeur, Gouifla, Degache.
HABITAT. — This species has a preference for sandy areas where Anabasis articulata grows, as well as open clay depressions and compacted soils along sheep trails (Tlili et al. 2019a).
REMARKS. — D. albidula has been recently reported in Tunisia and Libya (Tlili et al. 2019a).
DNA SEQUENCES. — We generated new sequences for the mitochondrial marker COI (667 bp) and the nuclear marker H3 (323 bp) (Table 4).